PENN. ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN v. ENGLISH


541 Pa. 424 (1995)

664 A.2d 84

PENNSYLVANIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN and Constitution State Service Company, Appellees, v. Maria D. ENGLISH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Rosenberg, Harrisburg, for M. English.

Stephen C. Baker, Malvern, for amicus.

A. Richard Feldman, Jennifer L. Hoagland, Philadelphia, Jeffrey E. Piccola, Harrisburg, for Pa.F.R.A.C.P.

William E. Mahoney, for amicus.

Leonard A. Sloane, Jennifer L. Abram, Caine, Dipasqua, Sloane & Raffaele, Media, PA, James R. Ronca, Schmidt and Ronca, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY*, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the 1990 amendments (Act 6)1 to the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL),2 which in pertinent part renders uninsured and underinsured coverage optional, effectively eliminates the obligation of the Assigned Claims Plan, 75 Pa...

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